Anyone that owns both this light and the astrolux s41/manker14?
The light looks much longer than 11cm with the extension.
Photo showing without extension, as I prefer the shorter length of 18350 for EDC.
Plus the extension tube for Reylight is in storage and I never ordered the extension tube for the S41
From left is Convoy S2+, Astrolux S41, ReyLight and Sinner Ti triple
Great comparison photo, thanks. Have you been able to compare the S41 to the Reylight?
^ copy and paste my post on Astrolux S41.
I’ve had the E14/S41 for about 2 months already but I have never compared the tint with my other Nichias, and with some users reported that their E14 have greenish tint instead of the pinkish rose tinted associated with the Nichias, I decided that I need to find out on my own.
With the missus and the kid at the in-laws place, I finally managed to do a quick tint comparison with some of my small lights.
Might be useful for some tint snobs out there, especially for white wall hunting.
From the left is Convoy S2+ with XML2 U2-1A at 6.5K-7K as control, followed by Sinner triple Nichia 219B @4700K, the S41 with quad 219B at 5K and finally ReyLight triple 219C at 5K.
I’ve tried to match the brightness as closed as possible since the lights are using different drivers, and in the case of the S2+, it is a single emitter.
To my naked eyes, although it is not captured in the photo above taken by iPhone 5S, the S41 has the not so pleasing greenish tint that some users mentioned regarding their E14/S41.
While the greenish tint is not as ugly or as obvious as the Olight M2X-UT or M3X-UT Javelot using the dedomed XML2 led, it is noticeable if compared side by side with the Nichias family.
My Sinner 219B has the lovely pinkish rose tinted associated with the Nichias, while the ReyLight 219C is a bit yellowish, but still has that some rose tinted, albeit not as obvious as the 219B.
Finally, group shot showing their optics, which may or may not be useful at all.
One thing that I wish to change on the stock ReyLight is the driver.
By default, it has 3 modes and the lowest mode is still very bright.
The moonlight mode is hidden, and it will always start with a bright pre-flash, which defeat the purpose of moonlight mode.
So if a true moonlight mode is a must, the S41/E14 is the better option.
I’ve tried to replace the driver in my ReyLight with Bistro driver, but I couldn’t unscrew the pill inside the head
Thank you akhyar.
I think for now I won’t buy either.
Hidden moon is quite stupid with the flash and the tint of the S41 isn’t what i would want it to be.
Tint would be very important as this light would be my main EDC.
Is the reylight much brighter on turbo?
The Reylight is very nice, but likely requires some small modifications to get it to its ideal state. I’ve been treating it like an empty host, because it’s a very nice host. Then I gave it my favorite driver and carefully adjusted the parts which make the switch, and I put a triple 219B in it. It turned out very well.
The S41 should be a little brighter on turbo, assuming the same type of LEDs, because there are four instead of three. It should also manage the heat significantly better because it has a big chunk of copper instead of titanium. However, the S41 also lacks a clip and has unfortunate spacing on my most-used modes and it’s green. I find I don’t really use my S41, while I use my Reylight constantly.
The only light I use more than the Reylight is my Olight S1 Ti, and that’s mostly just because it’s quite a bit smaller so it’s more convenient to carry.
The Sinner 18350 Ti also is very tempting but I don’t have one. I have a Sinner 18650 in copper with triple XP-L HI, and it’s my brightest single-cell light, so I haven’t tried to get any other Sinner lights. But the 18350 Ti is still tempting regardless. And if I didn’t mind dropping a grand on a flashlight, Sinner’s mokune-gane 18350 lights are works of art.
Hi,
I am just wondering if we can use 2 batteries on this light? Say, for example using 2 x 18350?
Even if the driver allows it, i.e. can support maybe up to 9V, which I have no idea if it will, I don’t see any advantage of using 2x 18350 over a single 18650.
Nope. Not unless you replace the driver and possibly also the emitter. And even then, I doubt it would work because 2x18350 is significantly longer than 1x18650 — 70mm+ versus 65mm+, and there isn’t a lot of spare room inside.
Is there a way to remove the UV glue so that I can replace the trits?
The new preon clip does fit the copper and ti tool. Just did an emitter swap for a customer on one and tested it on all of my tools.
Was it hard to mod the Preon?
Note : clips should be available next month.
Not really hard… just small. But, this fella sends me smaller to work on. Could not do one tiny neck light, led integrated into driver and was about 10mm.
Cool. Wasn’t sure if it was glued or not. I do aaa mods all the time. I’m planning on a new LED and driver.
Soak it in acetone overnight.
Thank you, Sorry I was in holiday.
Just realized my Ti Triple driver has some timing error. All the blinky modes are 3.5 times slower than they’re supposed to.
Hidden mode 5 (slower beacon) stays 8500 ms on low when it’s supposed to be 2450 ms. The 8 Hz strobe is more like 2 Hz strobe.
Any ideas?
TheStar firmware was by the ?
damn this is sexy! Im in for option 1 please.